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Troon Avenue Backyard, Los Angeles, CA
17:31 Jun 4 2014 Troon Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90064, United States of America
Retention - Downspout Re-direct Retention - Sponge Gardens Retention - Retention Devices Permeability - Healthy Living Soil Conservation - Irrigation Conservation - Mulch Conservation - Plants Conservation - Water Features
Description
We converted from turf & exotics garden:- Plants: we kept the Melaleuca and avocado trees, and planted lots of climate appropriate and natives (see list below).
- Redirected downspouts and French drain to spill into a bio-swale. We cut into the drainpipe from the French drain that drained the backyard, so that feeds the swale, as does the overflow from the rain barrel. When the swale overflows (rarely), it goes back into the “downstream” portion of the French drainpipe.
Except for design and some of the drip irrigation work, my wife and I did all of the work. We got an turf replacement rebate from our local water retailer, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.
Location - near Butterfield Road.
Additional Data
| Permeable ground - How large is your OFG area? (in sq. ft.): | 2400 |
| Water saved - How much have you reduced your water bill? (percent reduction): | N/A |
| Runoff prevented - How much runoff is captured, e.g., roof, driveway? (in square feet): | 1653 |
| Share your plant list: | Berberis ('Golden Abundance') – Golden Abundance Barberry; Salvia ('Rubin's Baby') –Rubin's Baby Sage; Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth' – Elizabeth Bush Anemone; Asclepias fasicicularis – Narrow Leaf Milkweed; Salvia apiana – White sage; Aquilegia Formosa – Western Columbine; Penstemon heterophyllus – Foothill Penstemon; Carex praegracilis – California Field Sedge; Heuchera – Coral Bells; Salvia clevelandii –Cleveland sage; Epilobium californica – California fuchsia; Eriogonum grande rubescens – Red Buckwheat; Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' – Wild Rye; Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn' – Howard McMinn Manzanita; Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus –Red Monkeyflower; Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Yankee Point' – Yankee Point California Lilac; Salvia spathacea – Hummingbird Sage; Romneya coulteri – Matilija Poppy; Ribes viburnifolium – Catalina Currant; Sisyrinchium bellum – Blue-eyed Grass; Heuchera maxima – Island Alumroot; Eriogonum umbullatum – Sulfurflower Buckwheat; Mimulus – Jelly Bean Red Monkey Flower |
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